Hussein Makhlouf Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Hussein Makhlouf
Native Name Lang:ar
Office:Minister of Water Resources
Term Start:13 December 2023
President:Bashar al-Assad
Predecessor:Tammam Raad
Primeminister:Hussein Arnous
Office1:Minister of Local Administration and Environment
Term Start1:22 June 2016
Term End1:13 December 2023
President1:Bashar al-Assad
Primeminister1:Wael Nader al-Halqi
Imad Khamis
Hussein Arnous
Predecessor1:Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
Successor1:Lamia Youssef Shakour
Predecessor2:Zahid Hajj Musa
Successor2:Alaa Mounir Ibrahim
Office2:Governor of Rif Dimashq Governorate
Term Start2:1 October 2011
Term End2:22 June 2016
President2:Bashar al-Assad
Primeminister2:Adel Safar
Riyad Hijab
Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Birth Place:Latakia, Latakia Governorate, Syria
Nationality:Syrian
Party:Ba'ath Party
Children:4
Residence:Damascus
Alma Mater:Tishreen University
Occupation:Civil engineering
Profession:Politician, Civil Engineer, Civil servant

Hussein Jamil Makhlouf (Arabic: حسين جميل مخلوف; born 1964) is a Syrian politician. He is currently Water Resources Minister.[1] [2]

Career

Occupied several posts at the Coast Company for Construction and Building and the General Establishment of Construction and Building, and chaired a project for expanding Lattakia port.[3]

Director of Water Resources Department (2006-2011), chairing joint committees with Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey on water affairs.

He was Governor of the Damascus Countryside Governate from 2011 to 2016.[4] Between 2016 and 2023, he served as a Local Administration and Environment Minister.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: President al-Assad issues a decree appointing two ministers. 14 December 2023. 13 December 2023. SANA.
  2. Web site: 2021-10-19. UN refugee chief meets Syria regime to discuss refugee return. 2021-12-17. Middle East Monitor. en-GB.
  3. Web site: Prime Minister's Office . Prime Minister's Office – Syrian Arab News Agency . Sana.sy . 2021-12-22.
  4. Web site: Prime Minister's Office . Prime Minister's Office – Syrian Arab News Agency . Sana.sy . 2021-12-22.